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Image: Permaculture Worldwide Network—https://permacultureglobal.org/projects
Research Project:
Interviews with Permaculture People
Semi-structured interviews…
• Telling your story, based around broad guiding questions.
• Your stories help show how the permaculture movement operates at global level.
Collected stories will be used to inform…
• Academic publications.
• Short media articles, blog postings and podcasts.
• PDC’s and public forums.
• Discussions and network-building within and between permaculture organisations.
Workshop—Part I:
Your story as a member of the permaculture movement…
In groups of three, take turns telling your story, based around these questions [15 mins]:
• In what ways do you/your organisation connect with other permaculture people?
• In what ways do you/your organisation feel connected to or disconnected from the permaculture movement?
• Describe the energy flows and intensity of these connections between you/your organisation and the permaculture movement.
Draw a simple picture that shows the relationships between you/your organisation and
the permaculture movement [15 mins].
Workshop—Part II:
Visualising our stories as members of the
permaculture movement…Chris Lloyd, OASES Graduate School.
Sarah Houseman, La Trobe University.
Ben Habib, La Trobe University.
Workshop—Part III:
De-coding our stories for information about the permaculture movement…
1. Reflection: Walk around and look closely at everyone’s the drawings [15 mins]…
• Do you see any patterns?
• Do you see anything that surprises you?
• Did you see something new from communicating connection in this way?
2. Bigger Questions: What have our stories told us about the permaculture movement [5 mins]…
• What aspirations and grievances inspire the permaculture movement?
• What factors open windows of opportunity for permaculture to spread?
• Who is in the permaculture movement?
• How does the permaculture movement operate?
• What are the political impacts of the permaculture movement?
Email: [email protected]
Blog: http://drbenjaminhabib.wordpress.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBenjaminHabib
If you would like to participate in this project as an
interviewee…
1. Face-to-face interview here at the IPC.
2. Written statement (email Ben).
3. Audio statement (self-record and share with Ben).
